--- loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2006/11/09 21:31:11	1.368
+++ loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2006/11/20 11:52:10	1.369
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # definition of tags that give a structure to a document
 #
-# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.368 2006/11/09 21:31:11 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.369 2006/11/20 11:52:10 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1485,15 +1485,17 @@ sub end_preduedate {
     return '';
 }
 
+# In all the modes where <postanswerdate> text is 
+# displayable,  all we do is eat up the text between the start/stop
+# tags if the conditions are not right to display it.
 sub start_postanswerdate {
     my ($target,$token,$tagstack,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval,$style)=@_;
-    if ($target eq 'web' || $target eq 'grade' || $target eq 'webgrade') {
+    if ($target eq 'web' || $target eq 'grade' || $target eq 'webgrade' ||
+	$target eq 'tex') {
 	if ($Apache::lonhomework::scantronmode ||
 	    $Apache::inputtags::status['-1'] ne 'SHOW_ANSWER') {
 	    &Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/postanswerdate",$parser,$style);
 	}
-    } elsif ($target eq 'tex') {
-	&Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/postanswerdate",$parser,$style);
     }
     return '';
 }